The Red Wings aren’t as concerned about who they are playing as they are with how they are playing.

Nicely phrased. Good grammar. Active voice.

And absolute bullshit.

Krupa went all redolent on us this morning. Breaking down the reasons we should stress: Helm’s absence, disgusting power play, a team that isn’t used to playing together. He even pulled this one out of his pharmacist’s hat.

The loser could fall to the sixth seed and gets the third conference seed, the champion of the relatively underwhelming Pacific Division—Phoenix, Los Angeles or San Jose.

Home or away, I don’t want Nashville. Not in the first round. A second round matchup? Not too gross because if the Wings get there it will mean they’ve found their game. And when they find it, they’re the favorites. But it’s not there yet. The Wings, as Redolence said, are a work in progress. It’s a work that will work itself out through a Round 1 matchup, not over four days of practice.

Wings lose today and they’ve got Phoenix, LA or San Jose. All of them are beatable even with a Detroit team still finding their way. Nashville is not beatable in the first round. And that’s a fact. Not by us. Not by this team right now.

This pretty much caps off the weirdest season any of us can remember. A regular season that closes with a game I hope we lose so that we can actually get a lower seed that starts on the road. That’s just stupid but it’s the reality we fester in today.

So, umm, go Wings. Play well, men. But not too well.

Live Blog this wack job of a season finale, bitches. And if agreeing with me betrays the way you’ve been raised here in The Hasek? I get it. You don’t have to say it. I won’t make you. But in the dark places, thinking it is ok because losing to that team today paves the way to 12. Winning makes our lives a lot tougher over the next three weeks.

Posted by
Rumbear
from Top O the Hasek, fanning the flames, with rum..... on 04/07/12 at 02:24 PM ET

Not all his fault to be sure, but that was an ugly five-holer by Jimmah.

Posted by
bezukov
from the kids are alright. on 04/07/12 at 02:24 PM ET

Remember that South Park where no Little League team really wants to win? That’s how I feel about today.

Let’s Lose Red Wings.

Posted by DrewBehr from The Mitten on 04/07/12 at 01:23 PM ET

Can you be our Batdad?

Posted by
bezukov
from the kids are alright. on 04/07/12 at 02:25 PM ET

Afta noon bitches. I understand the thinking on wanting to face one of the pacific teams but I also think there’s only one thing that this team truly needs: confidence, swagger, the switch, whatever you want to call it. No one scares me when this team lives up to its potential.

Afta noon bitches. I understand the thinking on wanting to face one of the pacific teams but I also think there’s only one thing that this team truly needs: confidence, swagger, the switch, whatever you want to call it. No one scares me when this team lives up to its potential.

Posted by Yzersyuk on 04/07/12 at 01:27 PM ET

I have to agree with that.

Posted by
bezukov
from the kids are alright. on 04/07/12 at 02:30 PM ET

Wally? Really? Show us what happened you fuching losers.

Posted by
ITDeuce
from The Sunny High Desert on 04/07/12 at 02:30 PM ET

Babcock surprised by DC’s not-too-stupid questions.

Posted by Bent from The U.P. on 04/07/12 at 01:29 PM ET

Probably wasn’t what DC meant to ask, he just fuched up his original question to the point of it actually making sense.

About Abel to Yzerman

Welcome to Abel to Yzerman, a Red Wing blog since 1977. No other site on the internet has better-researched, fact-laden and better prepared discussions than A2Y. Re-phrase: we do little research, find facts and stats highly overrated and claim little to no preparation. There are 19 readers of A2Y. No more, no less. All of them, except maybe one, are juvenile in nature. Reminding them of that in the comment section will only encourage them to prove that. Your suggestions and critiques are welcome: wphoulihan@gmail.com